WebSearchSAFE
[Self-hosted] A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides a web search capability over stdio transport. This server integrates with a WebSearch Crawler API to retrieve search results.
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
[](https://smithery.ai/server/@mnhlt/WebSearch-MCP)
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides a web search capability over stdio transport. This server integrates with a WebSearch Crawler API to retrieve search results.
Table of Contents
- About
- Installation
- Configuration
- Setup & Integration
- Setting Up the Crawler Service
- Prerequisites
- Starting the Crawler Service
- Testing the Crawler API
- Custom Configuration
- Integrating with MCP Clients
- Quick Reference: MCP Configuration
- Claude Desktop
- Cursor IDE
- Cline
- Usage
- Parameters
- Example Search Response
- Testing Locally
- As a Library
- Troubleshooting
- Crawler Service Issues
- MCP Server Issues
- Development
- Project Structure
- Publishing to npm
- Contributing
- License
About
WebSearch-MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that provides web search capabilities to AI assistants that support MCP. It allows AI models like Claude to search the web in real-time, retrieving up-to-date information about any topic.
The server integrates with a Crawler API service that handles the actual web searches, and communicates with AI assistants using the standardized Model Context Protocol.
Installation
Installing via Smithery
To instal
7d968c432be9OBSERVED · 2026-10-08Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control.
claude mcp add websearch-mcp -- npx -y [email protected]
{
"mcpServers": {
"websearch-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
]
}
}
}Exposed tools (1)
1 read · 0 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
web_search | read | Search the web for information.\n |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- declared (2 observation(s))
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (2)
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk, axios, zod, @types/node, ts-node, typescript
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass, no_license.
7d968c432be9full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/mnhlt__websearch.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 7d968c432be9 | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the WebSearch MCP server?
[Self-hosted] A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides a web search capability over stdio transport. This server integrates with a WebSearch Crawler API to retrieve search results.
What tools does WebSearch expose?
1 in total: 1 read-only, 0 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is WebSearch safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does WebSearch need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does WebSearch run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on npm as websearch-mcp at 1.0.2.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (7d968c432be9), read on 2026-10-08. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.